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Useful Custom Commands
This is list of custom commands that users of WinSCP found useful. You are encouraged to add your own. Also check the built-in examples.
- Backup & Deleting
- Archiving
- Quick Deleting
- Changing Ownership
- URL Address of Selected File
- Templates
- Viewing End of a File (log)
- Searching for a File
- Searching for a text/string within a directory
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Backup & Deleting
Backup a File with current Date & Time
cp ! $(echo "!" | sed "s/\..*$//").$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M').$(echo ! | awk -F"." '{ print $NF }')
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Rename a File with current Date & Time
mv ! $(echo "!" | sed "s/\..*$//").$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M').$(echo ! | awk -F"." '{ print $NF }')
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Backup a File with it’s Last Modified Date & Time
mv ! $(echo "!" | sed "s/\..*$//").$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M').$(echo ! | awk -F"." '{ print $NF }')
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Rename a File with it’s Last Modified Date & Time
mv ! $(echo "!" | sed "s/\..*$//").$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M').$(echo ! | awk -F"." '{ print $NF }')
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Archiving
Tar/Gzip
tar -xvzf --directory="!?&Extract to which directory:?.!" "!"
tar -czvf "!?&Enter an Archive Name:?archive.tgz!" --exclude="!?&Exclude files matching pattern:?*.exe!" "!?&Specify directory or file to compress:?!"
Zip
unzip "!"
Rar
rar a -ep "!?&Enter an Archive Name:?archive.rar!" "!&"
Quick Deleting
Use following command to quickly delete large directory structures:
rm -f -r "!"
The same command can ask for confirmation before deleting:
test "!?Do you really want to delete ?no!" == "yes" && rm -rf !&
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Changing Ownership
Use following command if current protocol does not allow changing ownership:
chown "!?New owner:?!" !&
To change group use chgrp instead of chown.
URL Address of Selected File
Example shows how to launch simple PHP script that maps file path to URL.
echo '<?="http://www.example.com".
str_replace("home/user/public_html", "~user", "'`pwd`'").
"/!\n"?>' | php -q
Hints:
- Note that the above should be entered as one line!
- Do not forget to check custom command option Show results in terminal or Copy results to clipboard, otherwise you will not get the results. You may also want to use the command for directories, check Apply to directories too.
- For your particular use, just replace
http://www.example.comwith right URL prefix,home/user/public_htmlwith right path prefix and~userwith right URL replacement (it can even be empty in some cases). - If you do mapping like above, i.e. for server containing multiple user’s homepages, you can make it universal by replacing
userwith'`whoami`'.
Another example using shell commands only, in case PHP is unavailable.
echo 'http://www.example.com'`pwd`'!' | sed s#home/lgtngstk/public_html#~user#
Templates
cp /path/to/template.html "!?&New HTML file:?!"
Viewing End of a File (log)
tail "!"
You may specify further how much to transfer, e.g.
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tail --lines 2000 "!"
Check custom command option Show results in terminal.
Searching for a File
find . -name "!?Search for files:?!"
Check custom command option Show results in terminal.
Searching for a text/string within a directory
grep -H -r "!?Search for text:?!" * | cut -d: -f1
Check custom command option Show results in terminal.